Kodiak Greenwood, whose photography has been printed by National Geographic and Rolling Stone magazines, was at a photo shoot in Oregon when the Big Sur fire ignited. He drove 11 hours straight to find everything he owned was gone.

Among the attendees was retired Big Sur Fire Chief Frank Pinney, who is filling in for current Chief Martha Karsten. Karsten lost her home to the blaze.

"Law enforcement was extremely collaborative," Pinney said. "The neighboring fire departments were there for us, it was a local effort."

The official cause of the Pfeiffer Fire that destroyed 34 homes was still not released as of Wednesday.

And recovering work in Big Sur is far from finished. Waterlines are ruined, charred land is susceptible to erosion, and 34 homes are gone.

On Tuesday, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution streamlining the permit process through a system that was devised during the 2008 Basin Complex Fire.

It was also announced Tuesday that a benefit concert for Big Sur fire victims was in the works.

Butch Kronlund of the Big Sur Property Owners Association said a world famous music act agreed to play a late January concert in Monterey.

"There could potentially be a headlining music group, very popular nationwide music group that would be performing," Kronlund said. "I can't say more than that."

To date, the property owners association has raised more than $300,000. The money is going to pay for everything from new infrastructure to home rebuilding costs, as several homeowners and nearly all renters were without insurance.